http://sport.scotsman.com/rangersfc/-A-sign-of-the.5429993.jp
Andrew Smith is a journalist who's been well and truly dipped and deep fried in the batter of Old Firm odium. Not for him the quizzical deliberations of the less well informed observers, straining to understand the maelstrom of mistrust and misrepresentation that follows both sides of the divide like the stench from a busted sewer.
Oh no… this guy is a hardcore artisan who cut his journalistic teeth on the pages of the Celtic View; a publication that has little problem filling its pages with expectorate and green phlegm in order to appease the devotees of all things hooped.
That he now writes for a respected publication is something of an eyebrow raiser; but his continued devotion to distorting the actuality of events in order to discredit the Rangers' faithful is disappointingly expected, and somewhat toothless.
Whether or not we've come to expect, and accept this spineless approach to the truth from the likes of him is neither here nor there - and there is much to take exception to in this diatribe of half-truth and lies. There is still a very deep lying principle at stake here.
Here is an article that has, at first glance to the uninitiated, all the outward appearances of respectability and integrity, but dig deeper and you'll soon see the grubby handprints of narrow-minded alchemy all over it. There is little truth left to salvage in his article; and, in the final analysis, is merely a homage to the incontinent nature of his ilk's integrity.
This article is nothing more than an attempt - born of bitterness and intolerance on the part of the writer - to regurgitate the old maxim about Rangers and their alleged discriminatory signing policy.
Well, sir… I have some news for you. Rangers ditched this policy twenty years ago, and since then we've encouraged, and welcomed all races, regardless of their religious affiliations. Can you say the same about the recruitment policy of the Celtic board?
Trundling out, and dusting down a few choice quotes from one or two disgruntled knuckle-draggers isn't proof positive that Rangers supporters were spitting venom en mass at the thought of MoJo joining the hallowed ranks. And the dramatization and exaggerating of a few half-wits burning scarves and stamping on season tickets outside Ibrox belies the fact that season ticket sales actually increased at the news of his arrival.
We also see that nothing was made of the Celtic supports' actions over the whole affair in your article, or is that simply another pile of detritus destined to join the ever expanding pile of stoor under the green and white hearth rug?
It might also be worth answering the question why Maurice Johnston refuses to move back to Scotland? Not as a result of Rangers supporters' actions that's for sure!
The signing of MoJo was a glorious day for Rangers and the fans; but, it would seem from the tone of your article, a painful episode for the green and white hordes. Twenty years on an it appears that even so called professional journalists have to distort events, and deflect blame in order make events half a lifetime gone more palatable.
The normal thing to do when slighted in this way is to appeal to the journalistic integrity of the individual involved for some truth and redress, but in your case that would be futile. Instead we'll simply remind you that tiny minds are incapable of anything noteworthy, and we'll leave you with the words of George Elliot:
" Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. "